Compositions of matter and methods



106. COMPOSITIONS,

Patented Oct. 23, 1934 1,977,826

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMPOSITIONS F MATTER AND METHODS AND STEPS OF MAKING THE SAME 'i Mortimer T. Harvey, East Orange, N. J., assignor 1 to The Harvel Corporation, a. corporation of I, New Jersey No Drawing. Original application February 9, 1928, Serial No. 253,223. Divided and this application October 25, 1930, Serial No. 4?1,322

11 Claims. (Cl. ate-7f {j a;

The present invention relates, generally, to maproduct can also be used for making molded terials which are resistant to water and moisture parts either with or without filler materials such and have other desirable characteristics, and to as ground slate zinc oxide, wood ulp, hard rubthe treatment of materials, objects, and articles ber Barytes iron oxide and other well Gown particularly for rendering them or portions of materials. i l 1e reaction product can be ap- 60 them waterproof. More specifically, the invenplied as a finishing material because it forms a tion relates to methods and materials in which good film on drying and it can be used as a filler cashew nut shell liquid is used in combination or primer preparatory to a coating of paint or with alkaline materials to produce a new product Varnish. The reaction product when first made 10 and to produce water'a' nd moisture proofing coatis soluble in varnoline, gasoline, kerosene and so 65 ings, impregnations, coverings and so on. The on and can be applied to surfaces and otherwise finished products of the invention have good used with these solvents as vehicles. The solvent electrical insulating qualities and are therefore an be dried on eith r y n ral v p r i n n useful as electrical insulation. air at normal temperatures or under raised tem- An object of the invention is to provide a p u s, d t r in r a n p du 70 method or methods for producing from cashew will dry in air. nut shell liquid and an alkaline material, new Th n n y f h pro ct f reaction bematerials which have among other charactertween barium hydroxide d C h w nut shell istics, that of resistance to moisture and water. qu Varies With the proportions us d. One

Other objects and advantages of the invention p of a iu y oxide a d nine parts of 75 will be clear from the following description of Cashew t Shell i1 111d Wlii give a reaction p the methods and materials of the invention; and n t w i h is s ar y thi r in nsist ncy than the invention consists also in the methods and the said liquid alone; With equal parts o ese steps and in the materials and combinations and materials a product that is d y; ot these arrangements set forth in the accompanying products, as well as products made of intermedi- 0 claims, ate and other proportions, are soluble in kero- I have discovered that the liquid which occurs Sene, Varnoline, so i e a d the like, and these naturally in the cellular structure of the shell of Products Whether used r pp d with Or Withthe cashew nut will combine with alkaline maut a s lv il dr in a t n al t p aterials to produce materials which can be dried tureS.

and can be formed into bodies and which are These materials can be used, in addition to impervious to water and to moisture. Examples other uses, as fillers for surfaces to be painted, of the alkaline materials which can be used with and they will protect the paint from passage of cashew nut shell liquid to produce the materials moisture thereto from walls to which they are of the invention are lime plaster cement, aluapp ch as c e Walls 01 floors. 90 mina barium hydroxide ar es magnesia, As an example of water proofing applications,

'sodiui 'n E droxlde, sodium carbonate ammonium five parts by weight of commercial cashew nut carsonate, and the like, in lact any material or shell liquid is intermixed with ninety-five parts substance which has an alkaline reaction. of Eydrafillc cement, such as Portland cement,

40 As an example of materials which can be dried, water Being also intermixed in the well known 95 which can be made into bodies, and which when manner and proportions to work the cement and dried are resistant to water and moisture and to give it a set when applied. The mixture is ap insoluble in alcohol, petroleum oils and other plied as soon as mixed as is usually done. The solvents, the following is given. Five parts by cashew nut shell liquid reacts with alkaline maweight of cashew nut shell 1i uid are mixed thorterials in the cement to produce a product which 100 oughly with three to four parts of barium hyprevents the passage of moisture or of water, droxide to produce a reaction product. This Instead of intermixing the cashew nut shell product is a liquid at first, but it will dry at norliquid with the hydraulic cement the said liquid mal or raised temperatures. Water is a product can be applied to the surface of an object, article,

of the reaction, and the water can be removed or wall made of the cement to produce at the sur- 105 before the product is used or else it can be dried face a coating or layer of the resulting water and therefrom in situ. This reaction, product can be moisture proof product which results from the used as a coating material for walls of cement, reaction of the cashew nut shell liquid and alkaplaster, brick, wood and so on, for wood, cloth, line ingredients in the cement. In this method felt and other tissue and fabrics. The reaction the cashew nut shell liquid can be used alone or no cashew nut shell li uid in fifty parts of commerciaI varnoline. Tie solution can be applied by with a vehicle or carrier. The cashew nut shell liquid applied to a wall of cement penetrates thereinto and as a consequence the water proofing reaction material is produced in a layer that is more than superficial; and the distance of penetration and thickness of the water proof layer about one quarter of an inch.

of reaction is such that the product can be formed in place after application, in such a case the alkaline material can be completely in solution or partly in solution and partly in suspension in the water. When there is alkaline material in the water with the cashew nut shell liquid a greater quantity of the cashew nut shell liquid can be Quite small quantities or amounts of the emulsified with a given quantity of water. cashew nut shell liquid are required to produce The material of the invention is insoluble in practical layers of water proofing product and I water, of course, and is also insoluble in ordinary find that the said liquid can be applied in ecosolvents such as kerosine, gasoline, alcohol and nomical quantities by means of a liquid vehicle the like. carrier, which latter can be either a solvent or This application is a division of Serial No. 253,- nonsolvent of the cashew nut shell liquid. As 223, now Patent 1,838,075. solvent vehicles, for example, hydrocarbons can What I claim as my invention and desire to probe used, for particular examples varnoline, gasotect by Letters Patent is: line, and kerosine- A practical example is' a solu- 1. A material having the characteristics of imion 0 y par s by weight of commercial perviousness to water and being a reaction product of cashew nut shell liquid and an alkaline material to substantially completely react with brus spray, y dipping, or by means or methods the free acid and any glyceride thereof.

well known in liquid applying. 2. A dry, hard, water-proof reaction product of The cashew nut shell liquid either alone or in cashew nut shell liquid and an alkaline compound a solvent as above described or in an emulsion as of an alkaline earth metal. hereinafter described can be applied as well to 3. The reaction product of cashew nut shell walls or surfaces of plaster, calcimine, magnesia liquid and an alkaline compound of barium. or magnesite materials, baria and barytes and 4. Adry, water-proof molded composition made other alkaline materials as to the cement walls of the reaction product of cashew nut shell liquid or surface and in the same or similar manner. and an alkaline material.

Clo h er rbord tar aer felt and 5. A dry, water-proof composition comprising 105 0t er fabrics an 188 es can e impregna e with the reaction product of cashew nut shell liquid alkaline material and the cashew nut shell oil apand hydraulic cement. plied thereto either alone, in solution, or in emul- 6. A water resistant molded composition comsion to produce therein the water and moisture prising a dry reaction product of cashew nut shell proofing material of the invention. The fabric or liquid and hydraulic cement. tissue impregnated with the alkaline material, 7. A dry, water resistant and water proof refor example,by means of a Water solution thereaction product of cashew nut shell liquid and maof, and the water of the solution can be dried terial selected from the group consisting of lime, therefrom after application, either before or after plaster, hydraulic cement and barium hydroxide. the cashew nut shell liquid application is made. 8. A reaction product of cashew nut shell liquid Articles, blocks, veneers, and other forms of and an alkaline material, the latter comprising wood can be water and moisture proofed in the forty per cent or more of the total of cashew nut manner and by the means above set forth for shell liquid and alkaline material. fabrics and tissues. 9. The method which comprises bringing ca- Emulsion of cashew nut shell liquid can be shew nut shell liquid and a material reactive m9 an emulsion with water.

liquid can be used to ninety parts of water and heating to remove the water from the mixture stirred or agitated to produce the product. emulsion. 11. The method which comprises bringing ca- Alkaline material can be added to the water shew nut shell liquid and an alkaline material towith which the cashew nut shell liquid is emulsigether in an emulsion with water.

fied, for the purpose of reacting therewith 3 to produce a water proofing product. The rate MORTIMER T. HARVEY. 

